119. Myth (3)
The god of battle didn’t express his intention further, ending with a message saying that he felt disgusted with me.
Maybe he quit because he had to spend his holy power on the tower like the god of proof.
Of course, it doesn’t change that the god of battle is hostile to me.
While inside the tower, it seems that the gods cannot exercise direct influence.
It was unknown what would happen to the exercise of indirect influence using Shinto.
“… … .”
It was unpleasant.
He said he was a dog raised by the tower that only absorbed divine power… … .
To be honest, I couldn’t help but feel annoyed even if I didn’t want to be annoyed.
However, I was now noticing some sort of solution to this.
‘Since this upheaval was caused by the divine power, the solution must be in the divine power.’
This was the case with the concept of authority within the authority of ‘myth’, which was newly added to the divine power.
If you activate <Vampire Exorcist>, which is classified as a myth, it cannot be reproduced and the effect of exorcism appears.
I thought that if I developed this power of divine power a little more, I might be able to stand against the gods.
However, the problem is the unknown authority called ‘reaping faith’… … .
‘Why the hell did Faith Harvest have to do with divine power?’
Is it similar to how Cel Neir was leading the vampires as a vampire count?
Come to think of it, the vampires, led by Sel Neir, were worshiping the god of battle.
Then, I wondered if this harvest of faith would be Sel Neir harvesting the faith of vampires and offering it to the god of battle.
It was all the more so since there was no way Sel Neir would harvest faith for himself.
‘No, is it pointless to think about this part further?’
Of course, it wasn’t a perfect guess, so I decided not to think further.
The important thing is that this faith harvesting power is also related to the creation of ‘myth’.
The two powers of divine power and harvesting faith were similar to gears interlocking.
Should I say that it feels like the parts that were separated are finally combined and running properly?
I’m still not sure what kind of system it is because the gears didn’t mesh on purpose… … .
‘First of all, I’ll absorb the spirit of the Vampire Count and find out how the Faith Harvest worked.’
Regarding the harvest of faith, it was my intention to investigate properly before moving on to the waiting room.
「Absorbs the spirit of the Vampire Count ‘Sel Neir’ to permanently increase your stats.」
“Muscle strength has increased by 5.”
“Agility has increased by 4.”
“Your physical strength has increased by 6.”
「Magic power has increased by 7.」
“Durability has increased by 5.”
As soon as I absorbed the command of Sel Neir, my stats went up considerably… … .
「Absorbs one of the skills possessed by the Vampire Count, Cell Neir.」
“Acquire the skill ‘Charisma (C-)’.”
Subsequently, he was able to acquire an unknown skill called charisma.
Even the rewards given by Sel Neir’s command didn’t stop there.
「I have captured the divinity in the spirit of the vampire count ‘Sel Neir’.」
「The authority ‘Divine Power’ is activated by satisfying the conditions.」
「Attempt to extract divinity.」
It was a message I had seen once in the waiting room.
“also… … ?”
Divine extraction, which raised the grade of divine power to B-class, was activated.
「Sacred extraction successful.」
「The grade of the authority ‘Divine Power (B-)’ will grow to the grade of ‘Divine Power (B)’.”
「When accumulating mythology through the authority ‘Divine Power (B)’, the rank rises more quickly.」
Soon, the level of divine power rose by one level, and the message came to an end.
“Conditions met… … .”
After experiencing divinity extraction twice, he seemed to know what the conditions for divinity extraction were.
The difference was whether or not the commander possessed divine power.
‘If you hold divinity, divinity extraction will activate, otherwise nothing will happen.’
However, divinity was not extracted when the standards were ambiguous and the vampires were killed.
Divinity could only be absorbed by those who had the same level of divine power as me.
I don’t know where to use it by analyzing each one of these things… … .
Even so, what they knew and what they did not know were distinctly different.
Should I say the feeling of having some degree of control over divinity extraction?
‘Maybe the day will come when I intend to use it for divinity extraction.’
Now I was able to get some sense of divinity extraction.
All that remains is why and how Faith Harvest activates… … .
The answer to that was surprisingly easy to find in an unexpected place.
That would be too… … .
“Oh, oh oh… … ! Defeating the Vampire Count alone… … ! You must be a warrior!”
“I never thought the hero would come in person… … ! After all, God has not abandoned us!”
“Thank you, great representative of God, for reaching out to us with a helping hand!”
「The authority ‘Reaping Faith’ detects the user’s intense faith.”
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「This is the faith that has already been harvested by the authority ‘Reaping Faith’.”
「The authority ‘Reaping Faith’ is not activated.」
This is because people presumed to be the targets of the harvest of faith appeared all over the city before they knew it.
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The people who appeared from all over the city were not ordinary people.
「Shows hidden priests in cities occupied by vampires.」
“… … .”
Looking at the mini-map that still remained in the corner of my field of vision, that fact became clear.
Yes.
‘All these people are priests… … .’
The people who gathered around me were priests who could be regarded as the key to breaking through the 13th floor ordeal.
Of course, at the point where I personally killed the vampire count Sel Neir, it would be useless… … .
―The power ‘Reaping Faith’ detects the user’s intense faith.
―This is the faith that has already been harvested through the power of ‘Faith Harvest’.
―The authority ‘Reaping Faith’ is not activated.
Thinking about the messages that just came to my mind, it seems that their faith has been harvested for me.
Of course, faith is what priests offer to God, so I thought it would be strange to be harvested… … .
“I never thought that one of the most powerful warriors of the church would come… … !”
“To subdue that cruel vampire count so easily… … ! After all, he is the representative of God!”
“Looking at how easily the vampires were killed, it seems that the power given by the god is amazing!”
Listening to the mutterings of the priests, I can understand why it was harvested for me.
‘You just thought of me as a warrior sent by the church and sent your faith.’
From another point of view, in fact, the beliefs I harvested were similar to scams.
It’s because I’m not a representative of God, a warrior, or anything like the priests think.
however… … .
‘It seems that faith sent by mistake is also treated as faith.’
I had no intention of stepping out and clarifying that fact.
Possibly harming the faith that might have a beneficial effect on divine power?
‘There’s no need to do that.’
Even if it was a bit of a conscience, it wasn’t a complete scam.
‘I didn’t lie.’
It’s true that he killed the vampire count, and it’s true that he has authority.
And I never directly claimed that I was a warrior from the church.
「Accomplished the achievement ‘I didn’t lie’.」
“Magic power increases by 1.”
Of course, the system achieved the achievement as if denying my thoughts.
“… … .”
It should be good for me to give out achievement rewards so easily… … .
It was a strange achievement reward because I felt like I was being treated as a cheater.
However, now that the rise in stats is important, that awkwardness was soon clouded by the fact that the stats had risen.
‘I’d rather achieve more of these achievements.’
It was at a time when I was hoping that more achievements would be achieved.
“… … That, Mr. Han Seong-yoon?”
Before I knew it, the team members who had brought the priests came to me hesitantly and opened their mouths as if they noticed.
“… … ?”
I looked at him as if I had something to say, and then Sachio Michimoto said.
“I have a question, can I ask… … ?”
I felt a sense of déjà vu at Sachio Michimoto’s words and actions, as if he was treating a nobleman… … .
Apparently, this attitude was the same for David Taylor and Andrei Tarkovsky.
Both of them said they were behind Sachio Michimoto, but they were looking at me with a very polite attitude.
Although I was puzzled by his attitude, I allowed Sachio Michimoto to ask the question.
“Please.”
At that, Sachio Michimoto still hesitated and asked me a question.
“that… … . Is Han Seong-yoon really a hero chosen by God? … ?”
I immediately felt my head go blank at the unexpected question.
Are you really a hero chosen by God? … ?
‘What are you talking about.’
I wanted to say that all of them climbed the tower as the same challengers, but could it be that they were the chosen warriors of God?
Not denying that very question, I asked why they had such an idea.
“… … Why do you think so?”
“That, is that so… … . To kill the Vampire Count, who is said to be impossible to catch unless all the priests gather… … .”
“What are you talking about again?”
“I heard from the clergy that if you don’t have holy power, you can’t kill a vampire count. So I thought maybe Han Seong-yoon was a hero… … .”
“… … .”
It was absurd.
I never thought that even those who work as hunters outside would have such thoughts.
It was even more embarrassing to hear such words from those who knew the authority of the administrator.
Of course, the clerics said they couldn’t kill without divine power, but… … .
If you look for the manager’s authority, which is called pseudo-goddess, it must be quite capable of giving effective hits to the vampire count.
‘In the first place, if you look at the manager’s authority, it’s the authority of a pseudo-god, so it’s the authority bestowed by God.’
However, they do not know that the administrator is a pseudo-god, so they firmly believe that they can defeat the Vampire Count only with divine power.
‘It’s a bit of an absurd misunderstanding.’
Soon I tried to answer that it was not, but then I swallowed the words again in my mind.
because… … .
「The authority ‘Reaping Faith’ detects the user’s intense faith.”
「This is a state in which the authority ‘Harvest Faith’ can be activated.」
“… … Similar.”
It’s because the power of faith harvest that helped build the myth of <Vampire Exorcist> whispered to me.
If we can make good use of this misunderstanding, we can harvest faith from them too.
and… … .
“I knew it… … ! He must have been an apostle of God to kill such a monster… … !”
“Huh… … . After all, there were gods in the tower… … .”
“I couldn’t believe it, but he was really a representative of God… … ?”
The three challengers readily accepted the words that were spoken without spitting.
“… … .”
It was embarrassing to believe it so well that I even felt a bit of guilt.
「The authority skill ‘Reaping Faith’ is activated.」
“You harvest the faith in you from those around you.”
「There is not enough folklore and faith to base it on.」
“The harvested faith is stored for the next myth.”
‘… … That’s good.’
Thinking of the rewards he would acquire later, the guilt soon vanished.
